Jacques Herzog
PARTNER, HERZOG AND DE MEURON, BASEL, SWITZERLAND
'Architecture will become more connected with the fields of research, technology, and energy. We have begun to use computers to make our surfaces more intelligentto ensure that rainwater runs off as quickly as possible, for example, or that a façade produces a shadow at the right moment.'
Steven Brill
CEO, VERIFIED IDENTITY PASS, NEW YORK CITY
'The government is currently testing booths that sniff you for explosives as well as metal detectors that take full-body scans. That introduces some serious privacy issues. But once independent traveler ID programs like ours take hold, the security experience is bound to get better, more secure, and less inconvenient.'
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